Borna Coric and Kei Nishikori will clash against each other in the quarter of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Coric who should win in 3 sets.
Borna Coric -> 1.61
Kei Nishikori -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Borna Coric vs. Kei Nishikori
This will be the 2nd time that Borna Coric and Kei Nishikori square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Nishikori won 2-6 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Tokyo back in 2015.
Borna Coric
Ranked no. 26, Borna reached the quarter after beating Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-4 7-64 and Dusan Lajovic 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Borna had a good straight sets win against Lajovic (6-3 6-2). During the match Coric scored 61 points vs Lajovic’s 43. Coric was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Coric scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Borna Coric was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Croatian broke Lajovic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Borna hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Coric has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (281-185). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Coric has a 45-37 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Croatian has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rotterdam
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016 and 2017. See his history.
Kei Nishikori
Ranked no. 45, Nishikori reached the quarter after beating Felix Auger Aliassime 7-64 6-1 and Alex De Minaur 6-3 2-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese defeated De Minaur (6-3 2-6 7-5). During the match Nishikori and De Minaur scored the same amount of points (91). However, the world no. 26 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Nishikori was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Nishikori scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Kei Nishikori lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 63% of his first serves in, winning 63% (39/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. Kei broke De Minaur 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nishikori has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Nishikori has a 2-3 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Coric | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 49 |
| Pts | 131-106 | 158-143 |
| Total Points | 237 | 301 |
| Winners | 56 | 80 |
| %Winners | 43% | 51% |
Both Coric and Nishikori played 2 matches. At the moment, Kei Nishikori lost 1 set while Borna Coric hasn’t conceded a set so far. Coric has played 1 set(s) less than Nishikori (4 vs 5). Therefore, Coric played 9 games less than Nishikori. Coric scored 56 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Nishikori bagged 80 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Coric | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 70/108 | 110/163 |
| %1st in | 65% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 56/70 | 80/110 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 26/38 | 27/53 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 51% |
Coric fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Nishikori bagged 2 aces (1 per match). Coric won 80% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Nishikori won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Coric | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 42% | 60% |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Coric broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Croatian extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Nishikori broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Coric | ||||
| R1 Van De Zandschulp | R2 Lajovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 | 40 | |
| pts | 70-63 | 61-43 | 131-106 | |
| Total points | 133 | 104 | 237 | |
| Winners | 34 | 22 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 36% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/67 | 27/41 | 70/108 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 66% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 22/27 | 56/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 81% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 10/14 | 26/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 71% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 4/8 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nishikori | ||||
| R1 Auger-Aliassime | R2 De Minaur | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-1 | 6-3 2-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 29 | 49 | |
| pts | 67-52 | 91-91 | 158-143 | |
| Total points | 119 | 182 | 301 | |
| Winners | 41 | 39 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 61% | 43% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 48/65 | 62/98 | 110/163 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 63% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 41/48 | 39/62 | 80/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 63% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 20/36 | 27/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 56% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 4/8 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 5/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 63% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Andrey RublevRublev (1-5) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-1) – H2H and prediction